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Huckabee Was Correct and America Needs Such Principled Leadership
American Daily Review ^ | 12/06/2009 | Yomin Postelnik

Posted on 12/05/2009 11:19:27 PM PST by Yomin Postelnik

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To: Yomin Postelnik
I would blame the long, boring prison sentences surrounded by hardened criminals and seek to replace that with short intense labor sentences so that it didn’t happen to others.

We don't do labor camps in this country. Not much anyway. There used to be prison labor camps in places but I don't think there is any evidence that they reduced recidivism in violent offenders.

In addition our courts have mostly ruled that kind of treatment out. All anybody would have to do is come up with some "condition" preventing them from doing any labor and that would be it. They would just skate through their short sentence.

Besides, you're putting responsibility for someone's actions on the authorities who enforce the laws. That is liberal horse shit thinking.

81 posted on 12/06/2009 1:32:46 AM PST by TigersEye (Sarah Palin 2010 - We Can't Afford To Wait)
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To: Yomin Postelnik

Huckabee clearly has a problem with “getting his point across” then.

If he believes there’s a problem with the length of sentences and their effects on criminal behavior then he should have advocated for change rather than playing God and letting evil loose among us.


82 posted on 12/06/2009 1:37:39 AM PST by Nickname (2012 - Yes You're Canned!)
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To: Yomin Postelnik
Excuse me while I don my flame-proof suit...

Now...

The truth is, pardoning or not, I would not have supported Huckabee anyway, unless he was the only conservative running against obama.

I don't think America needs a "benevolent", turn-the-the-other-cheek President right now. What we need someone who is tough enough to make the decisions to get our country on the right track...similar to Reagan.

Our enemies didn't want to mess with Reagan too much, they knew that if they messed with us, Reagan would rain down the hell, fire, and brimstone on them.

Even on a domestic level he didn't put up with much...ask the Air Traffic Controllers who tried to buffalo him.

We need a President who will say what s/he means, and mean what s/he says. A President who will give it back to the dems as hard as they shovel it.

I think Huckabee would try to be more of a preacher, than a President...the White House is no place for a preacher, because there are now too many in the US who have no use for religion, and governing them will take a stern hand. Besides, the situation would provide to much ammo for the lamestream press, who will already try and use his religion against him.

Make no mistake, I'm not saying the President shouldn't be religious and stick to his/her faith, but the kind of people trying to subdue our government and kill our people don't give a hoot about what our religion says, and it can't be used to govern them except as administered through our belief system of laws, or, our military.

I agree the cop killer should have never been set free, but there were more people than Huckabee involved in the decision. I think he's a good man, with a good heart, but I just don't think we need him for President, nor do I think he could win at this point.

Flame away.
83 posted on 12/06/2009 1:42:15 AM PST by FrankR (SENATE: You cram it down our throats in '09, We'll shove it up your ass in '10...count on it.)
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To: TigersEye
"short intense labor sentences"

I remember those days. From my youth.

84 posted on 12/06/2009 1:46:08 AM PST by anglian
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To: anglian

English class? It was no labor of love that’s for sure. ;^)


85 posted on 12/06/2009 1:55:32 AM PST by TigersEye (Sarah Palin 2010 - We Can't Afford To Wait)
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To: Nickname

Exactly. If sentencing is a problem fix sentencing. If prison conditions are a problem fix prison conditions. In any case it is a false dichotomy to blame criminal behavior on “the system.” The reason people end up in jail is as a consequence of their actions. It is bassackwards to then use those consequences as a reason to excuse even more deviant behavior. That isn’t compassion that’s a neurosis.


86 posted on 12/06/2009 2:03:43 AM PST by TigersEye (Sarah Palin 2010 - We Can't Afford To Wait)
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To: Yomin Postelnik
Your case might be more credible if you used proper terminology. Huckabee commuted Clemmons' sentence, but did not pardon him.

While Clemmons' first sentence may have been unduly harsh, we as a society have unwittingly created an environment that rewards lawlessness and subjects society to the craven behavior of the criminal class.

Punishment, yes punishment, for criminal acts should be based on protecting society, deterring others from similar acts and only then should rehabilitation be considered. The prime reason for the existence of any government is to protect its citizens from dangers within and outside its borders, not rehabilitation of its enemies or its criminals.

87 posted on 12/06/2009 2:09:35 AM PST by monocle
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To: Yomin Postelnik
My biggest problem with Huckabee about this is did he do enough to get this guy nailed back into prison once it became obvious he was going to continue breaking laws?

I don't know but the guy was loose so I am thinking sadly not enough was done.

88 posted on 12/06/2009 2:13:05 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Daddy's First Christmas!)
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To: TigersEye; Yomin Postelnik

It’s the same copout that liberals use to enable radical islam which the author ironically frets over. Their behavior isn’t their fault—it’s ours. It’s America. It’s “the system.”

We just need to be nicer to those who feed on our blood, don’tcha know.


89 posted on 12/06/2009 2:46:45 AM PST by Nickname (2012 - Yes You're Canned!)
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To: Yomin Postelnik

The three easiest way for a used car salesman to gain power
is to become a preacher, a politician or get a TV show.


90 posted on 12/06/2009 2:51:51 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: Yomin Postelnik

I’m certainly NOT a Huckabee fan, but can understand somewhat that he does have a defense for his actions.

He only commuted the sentence of Clemmons, which reduced his sentence. He did not release the perp from prison; the parole board did that.

The government officials in Washington state are the people responsible. He had eight felony charges there, including pending child rape, and two judges let him walk with a pittance of bail fee.

All of that said, I totally disagree with your liberal views regarding the treatment of criminals. The punishments should fit the crimes.


91 posted on 12/06/2009 2:59:43 AM PST by octex
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To: Yomin Postelnik
Is this the transcript of the eulogy for the murdered police officers?

"Gov. Huckabee isn’t thoughtless, callous or cruel", but he's alive, which is in rather stark contrast to everyone associated with the criminal he pardoned.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

92 posted on 12/06/2009 3:02:32 AM PST by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Yomin Postelnik
Huckabee Was Correct and America Needs Such Principled Leadership

It takes a lot of guts to make such an absurd statement. I can think of at least four families that surely disagree: The families of Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, and officers Tina Griswold, 40, Greg Richards, 42, and Ronald Owens, 37.

I had no strong feelings either way on Huck prior to this tragedy. Even if Huck has said it was a mistake and he would learn from it, I wouldn't hold it against him (not much at least). But Huck and his supporters have decided to act like this pardon was the right move. I disagree STRONGLY, and I find that position to be a serious flaw in Huck as a candidate.

93 posted on 12/06/2009 3:14:07 AM PST by TurtleUp ([...Insert today's quote from Community-Organizer-in-Chief...] - Obama, YOU LIE!)
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To: octex

Huckabee reduced Clemmons’ sentence to 47 years, 5 months and 19 days which made him immediately eligible. IMO he set things in motion for all of the suffering that’s followed.

Yes, there’s lots of blame but the one who got the ball rolling was Huckabee.


94 posted on 12/06/2009 3:15:58 AM PST by Nickname (2012 - Yes You're Canned!)
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To: Yomin Postelnik

Good morning YP, you are certainly brave to defend Huckabee’s actions in releasing offenders on FR. I’ve never been a Huckabee fan but you are right there are major problems that need to be legitimately addressed about our courts and prisons. Short list includes: prison gangs, Islamist indocrination, juvenile incarceration, cost/effectiveness, etc.
BTW, good luck in your run for office in FL. Liked your website.


95 posted on 12/06/2009 3:40:07 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: Yomin Postelnik

If Huck wanted to run for the Democratic nomination he’d probably be a shoo-in with a crime and pardon record like his, but the fact is that he would be running in a Republican primary dominated by conservatives. He’s finished.


96 posted on 12/06/2009 4:14:07 AM PST by DeusExMachina05 (I will not go into Dhimmitude quietly.)
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To: Yomin Postelnik
By contrast, sentencing a teen to years in prison has almost inevitably bred nothing more than a violent menaces to society.

Which is why you don't let them out. DUH.

Had this one person crime wave been left to rot in prison for the 108 years for which he was originally sentenced, the 4 cops he killed would have been alive today.

97 posted on 12/06/2009 4:34:24 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Yomin Postelnik
He was 17 and facing a life sentence for crimes committed at 16 during his violent outbursts in court - before that, just petty theft.

Petty theft? You're not just rewriting history, you're redefining criminal statute definitions.

We get it. You're a Huckabee fan and it's natural to try to find all the reasons why your loyalty wasn't misplaced. But your defense relies on downplaying serious crimes while trying to make the issue an abstract--academic musings over the societal influences and implications of the penal system. The grand, overarching justification you create for Huckabee's thought process is an after-the fact rationalization.

Clemmons was not a one time hiccup, but part of a clear pattern of a non-jurist substituting his own judgment for that of judges, juries, and prosecutors over and over again. Yes, it is a governor's prerogative to do so occasionally. But the sheer number of Huckabee's insertions of himself into the process forfeits the argument that his commutation of Clemmons's sentence was the result of careful, studied thought on the specifics of this one case. It's part of a clear, activist agenda.

It's painful to realize someone you admire and respect has serious flaws and blindspots. He's lucky to have passionate defenders such as you. But neither yours nor Huckabee's protestations and explanations can save his political career. It's over. Done. His explanation tour on the talk show circuit--especially this last race-card travesty with Geraldo--is only compounding the damage. He's gone all in on a losing hand, and the likelihood is, he's just gambled away any career at all in the public eye.

98 posted on 12/06/2009 5:16:14 AM PST by Eroteme
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To: ABQHispConservative

B U M P


99 posted on 12/06/2009 5:27:21 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: wardaddy

Huckabee is, and always has been, a con man. Today, he is just a POS.


100 posted on 12/06/2009 5:29:34 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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